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speiss
CIDE DICTIONARY
speiss, n. [Cf. G. speise food, mixed metal for bells, etc.].
- A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt. [1913 Webster]
- Impure metallic arsenides, principally of iron, produced in copper and lead smelting. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
speiss, n. a compound of arsenic, iron, etc., formed in smelting certain lead ores.
Etymology
G Speise food, amalgam
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